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Auteur(s) : Johnson, David K.
Titre(s) : Buying gay [Texte imprimé] : how physique entrepreneurs sparked a movement / David K. Johnson
Publication : New York, New York : Columbia University Press, 2021
Description matérielle : xvi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism
Lien à la collection : Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.. - Index
In 1951, a new type of publication appeared on newsstands - the physique magazine
produced by and for gay men. For many men growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, these
magazines and their images and illustrations of nearly naked men, as well as articles,
letters from readers, and advertisements, served as an initiation into gay culture.
The publishers behind them were part of a wider world of "physique entrepreneurs"
men as well as women who ran photography studios, mail-order catalogues, pen-pal services,
book clubs, and niche advertising for gay audiences. While such businesses have often
been seen as peripheral to the gay political movement, in Buying Gay David K. Johnson
shows how gay commerce was not a byproduct of the gay-rights movement but an important
catalyst for it. Offering a vivid look into the lives of physique entrepreneurs and
their customers, and presenting a wealth of illustrations, Johnson explores the connection
- and tension - between the market and the movement. With circulation rates many times
higher than the openly political "homophile" magazines, physique magazines were the
largest gay media outlets of their time. This network of producers and consumers helped
foster a gay community and upend censorships laws, paving the way for open expression.
Physique entrepreneurs were at the center of legal struggles, especially against the
U.S. Post Office, including the court victory that allowed full frontal male nudity
and open homoeroticism. Buying Gay reconceives the history of the gay movement and
shows how consumer culture helped create community and a site for resistance
Sujet(s) : Homosexuels masculins -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Érotisme -- Homosexualité -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Culturisme -- États-Unis -- Périodique -- Histoire
Consommateurs homosexuels -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Entreprises -- Homosexuels -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Homosexuels -- Droits -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey : 306.766 20973 (23e éd.) = Homosexualité masculine - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0231189117. - ISBN 9780231189118
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47353168m
Notice n° :
FRBNF47353168
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Table des matières : Introduction ; Emerging from the muscle magazines: Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild ; Selling gay books: Donald Webster Cory's "business with a conscience" ; Th11e Grecian Guild: imagining a gay past, and future ; "I want a pen pal!:" Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and the Adonis Male Club ; Defending a naked boy: Lynn Womack at the Supreme Court ; Consolidating the market: DSI of Minneapolis ; The physique legacy.
